Good news from our partners at Klaipėda Science and Technology Park regarding the implementation of the INVESTech Project!
On 31.03.2026, the INVESTEech i-Lab officially opened its doors at Klaipėda Science and Technology Park, marking an important step in promoting innovation, skills development and closer cooperation between academia and the business sector in Western Lithuania. i-Lab is a specialized collaboration and training space designed to support the development of ICT competencies and meet the growing demand for qualified specialists.
It creates conditions for education and industry to work together on real challenges, exchange knowledge and create innovative solutions.
Representatives of the Cluster Sofia Knowledge City, Georgi Ridzhalski and Atanas Nikolov, attended the prestigious 13th European networking event, "Successful R&I in Europe 2026," in Düsseldorf. Organized by ZENIT GmbH in cooperation with the Enterprise Europe Network, the forum is a key European event for building partnerships under the Horizon Europe program. Held on February 19–20, 2026, the event brought together over 300 participants from dozens of countries, including innovators and representatives from industry and research. This provided an excellent opportunity for the two cluster representatives to engage in targeted B2B meetings and thematic working groups.
The European Cluster Collaboration Platform recommends that Cluster Sofia – City of Knowledge monitor and offer its members various funding programmes, grants, and tender opportunities provided by the European Union, Euroclusters, and the ECCP community. Whether our members or partners are start-ups, SMEs, or industrial partners, ECCP connects them with the resources needed to stimulate innovation, collaboration, and growth across the EU. The first Euroclusters have already launched the Financial Support for Third Parties (FSTP), unlocking new EU funding opportunities for SMEs in Europe’s industrial ecosystems.
The INVESTechproject is entering its third year.
Pursuing its goal of creating a transnational platform (network) of five National Centres of Excellence in VET (Bulgaria, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, and Latvia), 18 organisations carried out significant research and preparatory work for the learning process in VET.
The models for the national centres have been developed, the framework and skeleton of the transnational platform have been created, and a large part of the methodological tools to be used in the upcoming training and certification activities of COVEs is ready. And most importantly, the methodological framework has been developed to build a broad network of organisations in Europe interested in this project.
